#Champs2017 is over with Edwin Allen Comprehensive and Calabar winning and retaining the Girls and Boys Champs respectively.

Calabar High School and KC went down to the last event, the 4x400m relay, where heavy favorites Calabar expected to win easily. KC had 309 points to Calabar’s 305 going into the that race. See the assessment by @TheUnnamed. However, Calabar won as expected and got 12 points but KC, needing a 3rd place or better if Calabar won the race, was out of it in 5th. Edwin Allen made it 4 in a row and 5 total Girls Championships.

Girls Champs

Edwin Allen – 316.5

Hydel – 265

St. Jago – 246

Holmwood – 243

Vere – 125.5

Excelsior – 113

Wolmer’s Girls – 54

Immaculate – 40

Rusea’s, Manchester – 35

Boys Champs

Calabar – 317

KC – 314

JC – 203

St. Jago – 157

STETHS – 114.5

Wolmers Boys – 77

Petersfield – 71

Munro – 52

Rusea’s – 40

Edwin Allen – 32

Congratulations to the youngsters, some of whom may be representing Jamaica (Great Britain and Uganda?) in the near future..

After overthrowing then Cuban president, Fulgencio Batista, Castro governed Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976. Then he was President from 1976 to 2008, when he handed over the reigns to his brother, current President, Raul Castro. Politically, Castro was a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist and a long-time enemy of United States who was friendly with Russia.

Many within Cuba and around the Caribbean mourn, even as many in South Florida rejoice.

#Champs2016 is over with a celebration akin to “New Years eve/night” without fireworks with Edwin Allen Comprehensive and Calabar winning the Girls and Boys Champs respectively.

Calabar High School, heavy favorites going into the 2016 Boys Athletic Championships, shook of challenges on the final day from Kingston College and Jamaica College to lift their 5th in a row, and 26 total Champs. Edwin Allen made it 3 in a row and 4 total Girls Championships, and were not threatened at all on the final day.

Girls Champs

Edwin Allen – 329.5

Hydel – 263

St. Jago – 241.5

Holmwood – 184

Vere – 139

Excelsior – 80,

STETHS – 72,

Wolmer’s – 63.2,

Manchester High – 55

Alpha 45.2

Boys Champs

Calabar – 287.5

KC – 250

JC – 227.5

St. Jago – 175

STETHS – 100

Petersfield – 71

Excelsior – 63

Munro – 51

Wolmer’s – 50

Herbert Morrison – 33

Congratulations to the youngsters, some of whmo may be representing us in Brazil at the Olympics later this year, and certainly in the future.

Andrew Holness is now Jamaica’s Prime Minister-elect as his opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) won the February 25 elections over the ruling People’s National Party (PNP), winning 33 of the 63 seats. Interestingly, the PNP had an ~ 4% lead in the polls when Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller called the elections.

Congratulations to Mr. Holness and the JLP. Let’s pray for our country, Mr. Holness, our leaders, and our citizens that we may continue to represent well to the rest of the world in Education, Sports, Farming/produce/goods, Values, Ethics, and just the “One Love” attitude. One Love.